Finding Inspiration in Daily Life Napa Valley Writers will host Kevin Courtney, a retired city editor Napa Valley Register and writer of the Napa Journal column, which is in its 33rd year. Courtney’s column Is a “slice of life” about him, his family, and his take on Napa and the world. It continues to run each Sunday. Courtney lived in Massachusetts, […]
How to Get Book Reviews and Sell Books Nominal $5 Fee (+small PayPal charge) for Virtual Meeting. Please Register/Pay with the Zoom link below: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qiBXd9tFTUeX3l6hkkkt0w Napa Valley Writers will host Tessa Smith McGovern, an author, writing teacher, and book reviewer. Readers use book reviews to make their purchasing decisions. So, you need reviews to sell […]
Writing the Truth Napa Valley Writers will host Gil Gross, an award-winning radio journalist who has reported the news to millions of Americans and interviewed pop culture icons and heads-of-state alike. When you write nonfiction, whether it is political or just what the posies in the backyard look like, you have to tell a story. It’s […]
Writing in the Archives: How to Harness the Archives to Write Poetry, Biography, and Memoir Napa Valley Writers will host Iris Jamahl Dunkle, an award-winning writer and Poet Laureate of Sonoma County 2017-2018. The archives. In them, we can find the secret history. We can begin to see the past as it really was. For […]
Integrating Nature into your Writing $5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. Napa Valley Writers will host David George, a UC-certified Master Gardener, published writer, and past president of the California Writers Club. Bring alive your fiction and creative non-fiction by including nature. From a brief mention of rain to […]
Choosing Your Publishing Option Napa Valley Writers will host North Counties literary agent D. Patrick Miller, who will describe the options for publication now available to working authors. From finding an agent, to procuring a publisher on your own, to publishing independently in print books, e-books, and/or various online platforms—the requirements, advantages, and disadvantages of each […]
Writing Fiction and Leading an Arts Program in Napa Valley Napa Valley Writers will host Angela Pneuman, director of the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Angela will share her experience as a fiction writer and teacher of creative writing at Stanford University while living in Napa Valley and serving as the director of the Napa Valley […]
Napa Valley Writers meets second Wednesday of the month 7 – 9 p.m. $5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. The Fourth Column Napa Valley Writers will host Kevin Fisher-Paulson, a weekly columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. Every writer has one column in him. The trick is to be the […]
How to Get Over Yourself and Write Barry Martin On September 14, we feature Barry Martin, Managing Director of Lucky Penny Productions and “Wine Country Live” Producer and Co-Host on KVYN-FM. Barry Martin was born and raised in the Ozarks. He studied theatre in college, then began working as an on-air radio talent at age […]
$5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. Piecing together Yuba City, Hollywood, and Napa: Co-creating a Memoir Napa Valley Writers will feature actress Charlotte Stewart and writer Andy Demsky on Wednesday, October 12 from 7-9 p.m. Charlotte Stewart, a veteran actor of TV and film, worked with writer Andy Demsky to write her memoir Little […]
Napa Valley Writers meets second Wednesday of the month 7 – 9 p.m. $5 Fee for members, $7 for non-members. Students with ID – free. “Ten Cookbooks that Changed How America Eats” Napa Valley Writers will feature Janet Fletcher, James Beard award-winning food writer. She is the author or co-author of more than 30 […]
January Meeting WHEN Wednesday, January 11, 7-9 p.m. WHERE Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave. Napa “Podcasts as Platform: Making the Most of the Newest, Hottest Medium” Napa Valley Writers will feature Betsy Graziani Fasbinder, who hosts a bimonthly podcast, The Morning Glory Project: Stories of Determination. The MGP, now in its fourth year, […]
Welcome to Napa Valley Writers March Meeting WHEN — Wednesday, March 8, 7-9 p.m. WHERE — Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave. Napa CROTCHES, CRUCKS, AND CRUTCHES Napa Valley Writers will feature A. L. Kucherenko, the author of Knight’s Pawn, published in 2022. A.L.’s interest in the Middle Ages began with a personal […]
WRITING THE EMOTIONAL PIECE Napa Valley Writers will feature Randall McNair, the author of the multiple award-winning #BarPoems series, published in 2020, 2021 and 2022. If Charles Bukowski, Sharon Olds, and Billy Collins somehow had a child, Randall McNair would be it. Described by his inner circle as “Poet Laureate of the Absurd,” McNair spent […]
May Meeting WHEN — Wednesday, May 10, 7-9 p.m. WHERE — Napa Valley Unitarian Universalists, 1625 Salvador Ave. Napa Napa Valley Writers Present Bright Lights, Prairie Dust Napa Valley Writers will feature Karen Grassle, the author of Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: Reflections on Life, Loss, and Love from Little House’s Ma, published in 2021. […]
June Meeting Paul Madonna The What and the How Napa Valley Writers will feature Paul Madonna, an award-winning artist and best-selling author known for his unique blend of drawing and storytelling that has been heralded as an “all new art form.” Paul is the creator of the enigmatic art series All Over Coffee, which ran in the […]